Fountain-pen



(No Model.)

G. G.'HOLT.

FOUNTAIN PEN. No. 298,382. Patented May 18, 1884.

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GEORGE O. HOLT, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TOSAMUEL L. HOLT, OF MITTINEAGUE, MASSACHUSETTS. I

FOUNTAIN PEN.

.QPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,382, dated May 13,1884.

Application filed June 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. HOLT, of Hartford, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Fountain-Pens, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to the class of fountain-pens having the fountainattachment upon the under side.

1c Heretofore fountain attachments have been somewhat complicated anddifficnlt to clean. Especially is this seen in those which arepermanently attached to the'pen.

The object of my invention is to provide a fountain-pen of cheap, simpleconstruction, which may be easily cleaned, and one which is. not easilygotten out of repair; and my invention consists in the construction andarrangement whereby the objects of my invention are attained.

' In the accompanying drawings, in which si milar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure l is a view of the pen having my attachment,as seen from the under side. Fig.

2 is a side or edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the attachmentseparated from the pen, and Fig. 4 is a perspective of the completedpen.

The piece a is made, preferably, of springbrass, andis fastened at thepoint 0 to the pen.

Any ordinary pen may be used. The fountain-piece is shaped to conform tothe profile of the pen, or to project slightly beyond the edge, thusenabling the recess to retain a much 3 5 greater amount of writing-fluidthan it otherwise could;

The attachment is secured to the pen by any convenient means at thepoint indicated in the drawingsz'. e., at a point above the flexible oportion of the pen. I prefer to solder the parts together. This enablesthe user to spring the part a away from the pen, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, thus giving free access to the chamber for the purposeof cleaning the same.

I am aware of English Letters Patent'No. 1,802 of 1877, and of UnitedStates Letters Patent No. 7 5,909, dated March 24, 1868, and I make noclaim to the construction therein shown. In those the fountainattachment is hinged to the pen, making the device much 50.

more expensive and complicated, while in mine the fountain attachment isof one simple piece, permanently secured to the pen at a point above theportion which springs.

I am also aware of United States Letters Patent No. 30,851, datedDecember 4, 1860, and make no claim to such device. In this the fountainattachment is of several pieces, and is made separable from the pen,being secured at each side. This tends to lessen the flexibility of thepen, while mine, being permanently secured in the manner shown, does notinterfere with the flexibility.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a writingpen, an inkreservoir plate having its upperend rigidly secured to the under side of the pen above the flexible partthereof, and having a stem or I step, I), fitted to the concave of thepen, and formed lengthwise from the foot of said stem or step to fit theprofile of the pen, and in cross-section extended flush with the outeredges of .the pen, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE G. HOLT. Witnesses:

ELBRIDGE BAKER, E. SHELTON.

